Posted on 10/15/2018 4:03:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A former security director for the Senate Intelligence Committee has pleaded guilty to one count of giving a false statement to FBI agents looking into leaks of national security information to several reporters, including one at the New York Times he dated, the Justice Department announced Monday.
James A. Wolfe, 58, was in charge of maintaining all classified information coming from the executive branch to the Senate panel. He served as the panel's security director for 29 years.
"Did you make a false statement to the FBI?" D.C. district court judge Ketanji B. Jackson asked Wolfe in court on Monday. Wolfe had been scheduled to appear for a routine status hearing, before prosecutors announced that "substantial" negotiations had produced a guilty plea.
"I did, your honor," Wolfe responded.
Wolfe lied to the FBI in December 2017 about contacts he had with three reporters, according to a statement of offense released Monday as part of his guilty plea. He also allegedly lied about giving two reporters non-public information about committee matters. His guilty plea on Monday to one count means that the other two counts against him will be dismissed.
President Trump this summer said Wolfe's arrest “could be a terrific thing" and called him a "very important leaker."
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Or the prosecutors could make a motion to the court for an "in camera" review.
In camera is a Latin term meaning "in chambers". This refers to a hearing or discussions with the judge in the privacy of his chambers (office rooms) or when spectators and jurors have been excluded from the courtroom. An in camera examination may be made of confidential or sensitive information to determine whether to introduce it to the jury and make it part of public record.
Wolfe literally gave my family and our out of town friends a wonderful private tour of the US capitol last summer. Yikes!
A prosecutor in this case, Tejpal Chaska, signed off on subpoenas against a Grassley aide and a Nines aide investigating the Russia collusion hoax.
A prosecutor in this case, Tejpal Chaska, signed off on subpoenas against a Grassley aide and a Nunes aide investigating the Russia collusion hoax.
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